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Robert Blake, Emmy-winning actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89
Los Angeles, CA - 1975: Robert Blake with his Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series backstage at the 1975 Emmy Awards / the 27th Emmy Awards, Hollywood Palladium. (Photo by Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES (AP) - A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, surrounded by family at home in Los Angeles.Blake, star of the 1970s TV show, "Baretta," had once hoped for a comeback, but he never recovered from the long ordeal which began with the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001.